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Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia was one of India's first geologists. His studies of the rocks and structure of the Himalaya, and his textbook 'Geology of India' (1919), laid the foundations of geological research in the country. The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in Dehradun is named after him.
Key contributions
- Classic textbook 'Geology of India', used for generations
- Explained the structure of the north-western Himalaya
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1957); Padma Bhushan (1958)